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Elizabeth
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MarcelDuchamp:A CentennialTribute,
sponsoredby the Philadelphia Museum
of Art, the permanent home of the Large
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depict its first performanceas a workin-progressat LaMama Experimental
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The revealing panel, a light-weight mirrorsuspended at a 45degree angle above the far stage area, reflects, to the audience,
the image of the character obscured by the rubber plane. The
mirroris a surface hinge, rotating plan into elevation and
elevation into plan. The apparatus thus projectsthe bride and
the virtual image of the bachelor or, conversely,the bachelor
and the virtual image of the bride.
Originally,the theater of illusion required a division, a frame:
pro (in front of) + scenium (the scene). The apparatus is an
interscenium, bisecting the narrativespace of the stage but
reconciling it through artifice.
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The Chase
Bachelor: I adore you.
Bride: I'm taboo for you.
Bachelor: I adore you.
Bride: I'm taboo for you...
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She traces her arc on the floor as the concealing panel is rotated
into position and the mirroris lowered to a 45-degree angle.
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She falls to the ground. The bride hangs herself on her leash.
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